Beating Iron and Vitamin A Deficiency- NUA45 bean Zimbabwe’s panacea to micro-nutrition deficiency -
Beating Iron and Vitamin A Deficiency- NUA45 bean Zimbabwe’s panacea to micro-nutrition deficiency World Pulse Day 10 February Malnutrition among women and children, particularly micro nutrient deficiency diseases such as stunted growth, anemia, wasting has continued to be a challenge in Zimbabwe. Micro-nutrient deficiency is the lack of minerals such as vitamin A, iron and zinc due to lack of dietary diversity which results in stunted growth, impaired learning in children and maternal deaths. Statistics show that 5 million people in the country are nutrient deficient with 72% of the country’s children and 61% of women being iron deficient. Meanwhile, Vitamin A deficiency affects 19% of its children under the age of five and 23% of its women. “Iron is critical at all stages of human life, but specifically during pregnancy, childhood, and adoles...